Sixty-five (65) Civil Society Organization (CS0) representatives gathered together for the Philippine Open Forum on CSO Development Effectiveness from July 27 to July 29, 2010 to share knowledge and experience and build consensus on a CSO development effectiveness framework and define an enabling environment to enhance CSO development effectiveness. The Council for People’s Development and Governance (CPDG), Philippine Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (PhilDHRRA) Philippine Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (PhilDHRRA), Health Alliance for Democracy (HEAD), Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) and the Caucus of Development NGOs (CODE-NGO) organized the holding of the Philippine CSO consultation.
The third day of the Philippine Open Forum is devoted for the multi-stakeholders’ dialogue. Key issues discussed during the multi-stakeholders dialogue revolved around the purpose towards building understanding and support for an enabling environment critical to the effectiveness of CSOs as development actors. CSO participants presented to the government and donor representatives their concerns and recommendations of CSOs on issues such as policies and laws that conflict with CSO principles, the lack of genuine participation or practically token role of CSOs in ODA and development programs, weak human rights protection and culture of impunity, the stringent registration and accreditation for CSOs and the donors’ voluminous requirements for CSO project engagement. Participants were also able to raise more questions on the impact of ODA projects especially in many parts of Mindanao.
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